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Lexus hoverboard in motion (youtube.com)
3 points by bitzerlander 3969 days ago
1 comments
paulhauggis 3969 days ago
It needs a magnetic surface to work. How is this practical?
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DanBC 3969 days ago
Skateboard parks; amusement parks.
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bitzerlander 3969 days ago
Maybe a prototype for magnetic roads and hover cars?
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DanBC 3969 days ago
You have to refill it every ten minutes with liquid helium. That skatepark has hundreds of thousands of dollars of magnets in it.

A fun, expensive, bizarrely impractical, toy.

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